Living Rent

Tenants' union Living Rent presented a deputation to Glasgow City Council’s Economy, Housing, Transport and Regeneration City Policy Committee yesterday to call on the local authority to implement the NPF4 and enforce a minimum of 25% affordable housing in all new housing developments.

Members of Living Rent staged an action in George Square last night with a big ‘housing wheel of misfortune’ to call for Glasgow City Council to implement NPF4 and commit to building social housing.

Private rent increases could be tied to inflation and apply to rent increases in between tenancies under fresh proposals from the Scottish Government.

The City of Edinburgh Council has become the first local authority to back a motion in support of rent controls since the introduction of the Scottish Government's new Housing Bill.

Housing bodies have welcomed the 2024-25 Programme for Government (PfG) for acknowledging the reality of the country’s housing emergency but the Scottish Government has been criticised for failing to make up for delays to funding for new homes. Outlining his first PfG as first minister, John S

Scotland’s trade union leaders and Living Rent have urged the Scottish Government to reaffirm its commitment to introducing rent controls.

Tenants from Living Rent staged a rally in support of rent controls outside Bute House to call on the First Minister to continue supporting rent controls.

The Scottish Government has been urged to "back words with action" and reverse the "hammer-blow" £196 million affordable housebuilding cut after it declared that Scotland was in the midst of a housing emergency. Cabinet secretary for social justice Shirley-Anne Somerville MSP revealed yesterda

Housing and property organisations are bracing themselves for policy changes after the Scottish Government’s formal co-operation agreement with the Scottish Green Party was brought to an end yesterday. First Minister Humza Yousaf formally informed Scottish Greens co-leaders Patrick Harvie and

With the Tenant Protection Bill’s in-tenancy rent cap and eviction measures due to expire in a matter of weeks, the Scottish Government has proposed an adjudication scheme to ease the transition until a long-awaited Housing Bill comes to pass. Under the proposals, the process for rent adjudica

After recording an episode of the Scottish Housing News Podcast on the subject of the proposed rent adjudication scheme for the private rented sector, Jimmy Black shares his own experiences.

The Scottish Government has been urged to “act now” to prevent “disastrous consequences” for private tenants after the current cap on rents comes to an end next month.

Tenants’ union Living Rent has called for further protections for tenants as the Scottish Government seeks consultation regarding measures to transition away from emergency legislation.

Scottish Labour MSPs will today table a motion to declare a housing emergency across Scotland.

Health equity funder People’s Health Trust has today launched its Homes for Health programme supporting ten projects across Great Britain to improve ill health caused by unsuitable housing conditions.